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"Think And Grow Rich" / Andrew Carngie / Life of Napoleon Hill / Napoleon Hill — 4 Comments
26
Oct 10

Why Napoleon Hill went to work for 20 years without any pay for the richest man in the world?

“Think and Grow Rich” was Napoleon Hill’s biggest success, but not his first one. 20 years after Andrew Carnegie had commissioned Napoleon Hill with the task of a lifetime, the first practical philosophy of success was published: “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”

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There are a lot of rumors in circulation concerning the first meeting of Napoleon Hill with Andrew Carnegie. This is what Napoleon Hill tells about this historical day that led to “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons” and “Think and Grow Rich”

The following is a transcript of a speech that Napoleon Hill held before a live audience. He is telling the story of his first meeting with Andrew Carnegie in 1908 and how Mr. Carnegie commissioned him to write the first practical philosophy of success and achievement.

>> My brother and I had matriculated of Georgetown University Law school intending to become lawyers. We didn’t have any money but I did have ability to write and I promised that I would write stories about successful men, sell them to a magazine and pay our way through. And my first assignment fortunately was with Andrew Carnegie in Pittsburgh.

He gave me 3 hours. And when the 3 hours were over, he said: “Now, this interview is just beginning. Come on of the house, stay all night and after the dinner we’ll take up the interview again.” He kept me there three days and nights. And believe you me, I was more than flattered. I wondered what it was all about.

He kept talking to me about the need for a new philosophy. He said: “We’ve had many philosophies with days of Socrates and Plato on down to the days of William James and Emerson, but most of them dealt with the moral laws of life. What we need is an economic philosophy for the man on the streets that will enable him to make use of the know-how gained by men like myself over a lifetime of experience.” Well, it sounded (…) very nice to me except for one thing: I didn’t know exactly what that word philosophy meant. And finally, at the end of the third day, he said:

“Now, look here! I have been talking to you for three days about the need for a new philosophy. I’m gonna ask you a question about it: If I commission you to become the author of this philosophy, give you letters of introduction to men, whose experiences you will need in collaboration with yourself. Are you willing to put in 20 years of research, because that’s how long it will take, paying your own way as you go along without any subsidy from me – yes or no?”

Ladies and Gentlemen, there been many times in my life when I faced difficult problems and difficult decisions. And I don’t think I ever faced one more embarrassing than that. Because when Mr. Carnegie put that proposition to me (…), my hand was down in my pocket and I was fiddling with the money that I had there just about enough to get back to Washington and if I would have had to stay in a hotel instead of Mr. Carnegie’s house I wouldn’t have that much. I didn’t even know the meaning of the word Philosophy. And yeah, the richest men in the world wanted me to go to work for him for 20 years without pay.

Wasn’t that a situation for you? I started to tell Mr. Carnegie, I started to do exactly what you or the most of the people would have done under the same circumstances. Now, what do you think that was? What would you have done, if you would have faced that sort of proposition: going to work for 20 years without any pay for the richest man in the world? Well, yes that’s what I was about to do.

But something inside of me wouldn’t let me open my mouth until I got a hunch that if Mr. Carnegie kept me there for three days, it must have been for a purpose. That he must have seen something in me that I didn’t know was there. Also, that man, a man with Mr. Carnegie’s reputation for picking men, certainly didn’t pick me to do a job like that unless he knew I had the ability to do it.

And whatever this something was, this silent invisible person, who was standing, looking over my shoulder and whispering into my ear, said: Go ahead and tell him “Yes”.

I said: “Mr. Carnegie, I not only will accept the commission, Sir, but you may depend upon it that I will complete it.” He said: “I like the way you enter that (…) and I think you will do it. You have the job.” <<

Napoleon Hill had worked 20 years to write the first practical philosophy of success. It was entitled “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”. Nine years and some research later, Napoleon Hill published his biggest success: “Think and Grow Rich”. You can grab yourself a free ebook copy in the sidebar.
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"Think And Grow Rich" / Charles M. Schwab / Daniel Willard / Frank W. Gunsaulus / J. Ogden Armour / King C. Gillette / The Millionaires of "Think And Grow Rich" — 9 Comments
14
Oct 10

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill (Part 4)

Who are the men in this post? A meat packer (J. Ogden Armour), a steel-magnate (Charles M. Schwab), the man who held the “Million Dollar Sermon” (Frank W. Gunsaulus), a railroad manager (Daniel Willard), the king of the blade (King C. Gillette) and a free ebook edition of “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill (see sidebar)

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Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7


J. Ogden Armour

J. Ogden Armour

JONATHAN OGDEN ARMOUR (* November 11, 1863 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; † August 16, 1927 in London, England) was an American businessman and president of Armour and Company, a Chicago-based meatpacking company, founded by his father Philip Danforth Armour. J. Ogden Armour managed to expand the company worldwide and make it one of the largest food production companies in the United States. In the 1948, Armour and Company developed “Dial”, the first antibacterial deodorant soap. It was introduced by using scented ink in newspaper ads. “Dial” became the best-selling deodorant in the United States during the next years.

J. Ogden Armour is mentioned by Napoleon Hill in the millionaires list in “Think and Grow Rich”. His father Phillip D. Armour is mentioned in chapter 6 “Imagination”.

“Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.”
J. Ogden Armour


Charles M. Schwab

Charles M. Schwab

CHARLES MICHAEL SCHWAB (* February 18, 1862 in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania; † October 18, 1939 in London, U.K.) was an American industrialist and steel-magnate. He started his career in Andrew Carnegie’s steelworks and at the age of only 35, Charles M. Schwab became president of the Carnegie Steel Company. Four years later, Schwab was the driving force in building the huge United States Steel Corporation, a company that was being formed out of Andrew Carnegie’s former steel holdings. Charles M. Schwab became U.S. Steel Corporation’s first president. In 1903, Schwab left the U.S. Steel Corporation to run the Bethlehem Steel Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Charles M. Schwab made it the world’s largest independent steel producer. Bethlehem Steel Company developed the H-beam, which revolutionized building construction and laid ground for the age of the skyscraper. Even though Charles M. Schwab had become very wealthy, he lost his vast fortune  due to his dissolute lifestyle and the stock market crash of 1929. When he died in 1939, he was over US$ 300.000 in debt.

Napoleon Hill mentions Charles M. Schwab several times in “Think and Grow Rich”. Once he writes: “This single application of the secret, by that young man -Charles M. Schwab- made him a huge fortune in both money and OPPORTUNITY.”

“A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.”
Charles M. Schwab


Frank W. Gunsaulus

Frank W. Gunsaulus

FRANK WAKELEY GUNSAULUS, D.D., LL.D. (* January 1, 1856 in Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio; † March 17, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American educator, preacher and author. He has become famous for his “Million Dollar Sermon” which made him raise the sum of one million dollars from meat packer and grain merchant Philip Danforth Armour. Dr. Gunsaulus used the money to found the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago (now: Illinois Institute of Technology) where he served as president for its first 27 years. Napoleon Hill tells the story of the “Million Dollar Sermon” in his famous book “Think and Grow Rich”. Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus was and still is one of Chicago’s best known citizens. “His extraordinary energy, masterful oratory skills, and intellectual talents influenced the city’s spiritual, educational, cultural, and civic development for decades.”, Wikipedia says.

In “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill tells the story of Frank W. Gunsaulus raising one million dollars within a week (in chapter 6 “Imagination”, paragraph “What I would do if I had a million dollars”).

“(…) the moment I reached a definite decision to get the money within a specified time, a strange feeling of assurance came over me, such as I had never before experienced.”
Frank W. Gunsaulus


Daniel Willard

Daniel Willard

DANIEL WILLARD (* January 28, 1861 in Hartland, Vermont; † July 6, 1942 in Hartland, Vermont) was an American railroad executive and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1910 to 1941. Even though Daniel Willard had to leave College after 6 months due to poor eyesight, he managed to work his way up from being a track laborer on the Vermont Central Railroad to becoming a locomotive engineer on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. “Uncle Dan”  later continued his career with several railroad companies. Daniel Willard had worked in almost every segment of railroading before he at last became the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and held this position for 32 years, which was the longest tenure of any B&O president.

Napoleon Hill mentions Daniel Willard in the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich” (on the list of millionaires).

“33% of all the suggestions tend to fix things that the men want, no special advantage to the company, but are desirable from the standpoint of the men, and we have been glad to do those things because they helped bring about a state of mind which made the men satisfied.“
Daniel Willard


King C. Gillette

King C. Gillette

KING CAMP GILLETTE (* January 5, 1855 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; † July 9, 1932 in Los Angeles, California) was an American businessman and inventor. King C. Gillette is most famous for his invention of the safety razor and in particular, the thin and affordable steel blade. In 1901 King C. Gillette founded the American Safety Razor Company  (later renamed in Gillette Safety Razor Company) in order to sell his razors and blades. Production started in 1903 and after a weak first year sales increased dramatically. Gillette expanded his company internationally and established manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, England, France and Germany. In 1918, the U.S. Army bought a field razor set for all American soldiers which boosted sales once again.

King Gillette is mentioned by Napoleon Hill in his book “Think and Grow Rich”. He is part of the list of those who understand and apply the Carnegie secret.

“I urged the razor company to make a salaried position for me, but those in control refused to meet my wishes, giving as a reason the need of every dollar for development of the business.”
King C. Gillette


Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7


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"Think And Grow Rich" / Cyrus H. K. Curtis / E. M. Statler / George Eastman / Henry L. Doherty / The Millionaires of "Think And Grow Rich" / Theodore Roosevelt — 12 Comments
16
Sep 10

Who’s Who in Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”? (Part 2)

You will meet Mr. Statler, Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Eastman and the other gentlemen in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. Grab your free copy on the right.

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Have you ever wanted to know, who the 47 millionaires on Napoleon Hill’s list are? Here is Part 2 of the list.

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7


Ellsworth Milton Statler

E. M. Statler

ELLSWORTH MILTON STATLER (* October 26, 1863, † Somerset County, Pennsylvania; † April 16, 1928 in New York City) was an American hotel owner. He laid ground for the Statler chain in 1907, when he built his first major hotel in Buffalo, New York. Different from the standards at that time, every room had a private bath or shower and running water. The famous slogan “The Guest is Always Right” can be traced back to E.M. Statler.

E.M. Statler is being mentioned in the author’s preface list of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” only.

“There are three things that make a hotel famous – location, location, location.”

E.M. Statler


Henry Latham Doherty

Henry Latham Doherty

HENRY LATHAM DOHERTY (* May 15, 1870 in Columbus, Ohio; † December 26, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American oilman and utilities expert. Henry L. Doherty was 12 years old when he left school to work for the Columbus Gas Company. A homemade self-education program and his continuing diligence let him become chief engineer only 8 years later. In 1910, he founded the Cities Service Company, a New York-based holding company which ultimately controlled more than 200 utility firms. After a major company restructuring in 1983 Cities Service Co. was re-branded as CITGO.

Henry L. Doherty is being mentioned in the list of the author’s preface in Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” only.

“Those who do the most for the world’s advancement are the ones who demand the least.”

Henry L. Doherty


Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis

Cyrus H. K. Curtis

CYRUS HERMAN KOTZSCHMAR CURTIS (* June 18, 1850 in Portland, Maine ; † June 7, 1933 in Wyncote, Pennsylvania) was an American publisher and major philanthropist. In 1866, his family home had burned down in the Great Fire of Portland and C. H. K. Curtis had to leave high school after the first year. For 6 years, he worked for several Portland and Boston newspapers. In 1872 he established his first publication. His first big success was “The Ladies Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper”, developed and edited by his first wife Louisa Knapp and later renamed as “The Ladies Home Journal”. Late on, Curtis also published several other newspapers and magazines such as “The Saturday Evening Post”, “The Philadelphia Enquirer” and “The New York Evening Post”. C. H. K. Curtis donated millions of dollars to hospitals, museums, universities and schools.

Napoleon Hill mentions Cyrus H. K. Curtis in his prefaces’ list of “Think and Grow Rich”.

“There are two kinds of people who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.”

Cyrus Herman Kotzschmar Curtis


George Eastman

George Eastman

GEORGE EASTMAN (* July 12, 1854 in Waterville, New York; † March 14, 1932 in Rochester, New York) was an American inventor, founder of the Eastman Kodak Company and a major philanthropist. George Eastman invented roll film, which soon replaced conventional photo plates. Roll film, in combination with (Kodak) cameras, designed for non-expert use,  laid ground for photography as an affordable hobby for the average person. George Eastman was a major philanthropist and donated  to universities, institutes, museums and schools on a regular basis throughout his lifetime.

In “Think and Grow Rich”, George Eastman is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in the list of wealthy men who used the Carnegie secret.

“What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.”

George Eastman


Theodore Roosevelt, ca. 1902

Theodore Roosevelt, 1902

THEODORE ROOSEVELT (* October 27, 1858 in New York City;  † January 6, 1919 in Oyster Bay, New York) was the 26th president of the United States. Unlike most of the other men on this list, he was born to a wealthy family. He graduated from Harvard in 1880 and attended law school before he decided to enter public life. Theodore Roosevelt was an outstanding personality and achieved his goals in life. Instead of listing his numerous merits, Napoleon Hill shall be quoted. In his book “The Law of Success in 16 Lessons”, the predecessor of “Think and Grow Rich” he wrote:

“Theodore Roosevelt engraved his name on the tablets of time by one single act during his tenure of office as President of the United  States, and after all else that he did while in that office will have been forgotten this one transaction will record him in history as a man of imagination. He started the steam shovels to work on the Panama Canal. Every President, from Washington on up to Roosevelt, could have started the canal and it would have been completed, but it seemed such a colossal undertaking that it required not only imagination but daring courage as well. Roosevelt had both, and the people of the United States have the canal.”

Napoleon Hill mentions Theodore Roosevelt in the list and writes in Chapter 1 – Introduction: “The business depression started in 1929, and continued on to an all time record of destruction, until sometime after President Roosevelt entered office.”

“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7

If you would like to see the entire list of 27 wealthy men as Napoleon Hill lists them in “Think and Grow Rich”, please look top right and get your free copy now.
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"Think And Grow Rich" / Luther Burbank / The Millionaires of "Think And Grow Rich" — No Comments
13
Sep 10

Luther Burbank – The Wizard of Plants

Go and get your free copy of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” on the right – Luther Burbank included.

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What do McDonald’s french fries and Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” have in common? Right: The work of Luther Burbank

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.”

Luther Burbank


In the author’s preface of his book “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill mentions a list of 27 well known men. They had admitted that they had accumulated their vast fortunes by making use of “the Carnegie secret”. This secret had laid the groundwork for Napoleon Hill’s books “The Law of Success in 16 Lessons” and “Think and Grow Rich”

Portrait of Luther Burbank (1902)

Portrait of Luther Burbank (1902)

Among these men was Luther Burbank. His name is still well known and perhaps you have already had one of his creation for lunch. If you occasionally have french fries at a McDonald’s restaurant, chances are good that your fries were made from Russet Burbank potatoes, because a large percentage of McDonald’s french fries are made from this special large brown-skinned, white-fleshed variety.

Luther Burbank was an “American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science” (Wikipedia). He was born on March 7, 1849 in Lancaster, Massachusetts and died on April 11, 1926 at the age of 77 in Santa Rosa, California.

Russet Burbank Potatoes

Russet Burbank Potatoes - A large percentage of McDonald's french fries are made from this variety.

Luther Burbank, also known as the “Wizard of Horticulture” and “Plant Wizard of California”, created hundreds of useful varieties of fruits, flowers, vegetables, grains and grasses. One of his most amazing creations was a spineless cactus, which is useful for cattle feed.

Luther Burbank and his spineless cactus

Luther Burbank and his spineless cactus

Even though he had only received an elementary education, a little above high school, Luther Burbank revolutionized agriculture and food production in the 19th and 20th century. His inspirational guide was Charles Darwin’s “The Variations of Animals and Plants under Domestication”.

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Andrew Carngie / Audio / Media / The Millionaires of "Think And Grow Rich" — 7 Comments
17
Apr 10

Hear Andrew Carnegie speak

This is a unique recording of Andrew Carnegie. He is reading passages from his essay “Wealth” which is also known as “The Gospel of Wealth” due to its last sentence. If you want to read the most famous book by Andrew Carnegie’s protégé Napoleon Hill, you can get your free copy of “Think And Grow Rich” on the right

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Rare recording: Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and major philanthropist reads from his essay “Wealth”, a.k.a. “The Gospel of Wealth”

“The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced”


Andrew Carnegie


Andrew Carnegies essay, published in 1889,  was recorded in the Edison motion picture film studio,  NY in 1914.  Andrew Carnegie reads for approximately 6 minutes. The sound is a bit noisy but you find the transcript of his speech below.


Andrew Carnegie, millionaire and philanthropist on rich, poor, charity, and other issues. Recorded at Edison motion picture film studio, Bronx, NY., 20 January 1914. Record format: Edison Kinetophone cylinder

Andrew Carnegie:

(00:00 – 01:19)
“I quote from the Gospel of Wealth published twenty-five years ago. This then,  is held to be the duty of the man of Wealth:
First: to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and after doing so to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community – the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience, and ability to administer, (…)”  [pp.661-662]

(01:20 – 1:56)
“Those who would administer wisely must, indeed be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity. It were better for mankind that the millions of the rich were thrown into the sea than so spent as to encourage the slothful, the drunken, the unworthy. (…)” [p. 662]

(01:57 – 02:30)
“In bestowing charity, the main consideration should be to help those who help themselves; to provide part of the means by which those who desire to improve may do so; to give to those who (…) desire to rise the aids by which they may rise; to assist, but rarely or never to do all. (…)” [p. 663]

(02:30 – 02:59)
“He is the only true reformer who is as careful and as anxious not to aid the unworthy as he is to lead the worthy, and,  perhaps even more so, for in alms-giving more injury is may be done by promoting vice than by relieving virtue. (…)” [p. 663]

(02:59 – 04:14)
“Thus is the problem of the Rich and Poor to be solved. The laws of accumulation should be left free; the laws of distribution free. Individualism will continue, but the millionaire will be but a trustee for the poor; entrusted for a season with a part of the increased wealth of the community, but administering it for the community far better than it could or would have done of itself. The best in minds will thus have reached a stage in the development of the race in which it is clearly seen that there is no mode of disposing of surplus wealth creditable to thoughtful and earnest men into whose hands it flows save by using it year by year for the general good. This day already dawns. (…)” [pp. 663 - 664]

(04:15 – 05:57)
“Men may die without incurring the pity of their fellows, (…) sharers in great business enterprises from which their capital cannot be or has not been withdrawn, (…) which is left entirely at death for public uses, yet the day is not far distant when the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away “unwept, unhonored, and unsung,” no matter to what use he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: “The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced. Such, in my opinion is the true gospel concerning Wealth, obedience to which is destined someday to solve the problems of the Rich and the Poor, to hasten the coming brotherhood of man, and at last to make our earth a heaven.” [p. 664]

These passages, read by Andrew Carnegie, are from his essay “Wealth” which is also known as “The Gospel of Wealth” . For this recording, Andrew Carnegie made some minor changes of the text, compared to the printed version of 1889. Spelling and punctuation refer to the printed version.

Read Andrew Carnegie’s famous essay “Wealth” (“The Gospel of Wealth”) in The North American Review Volume 0148 Issue 391 (June 1889). You can switch between the facsimile, text or pdf version:

“Wealth” (“The Gospel of Wealth”) by Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie commissioned Napoleon Hill with writing a Philosophy of Personal Success without compensation. That was in 1908.

Napoleon Hill published the result of Andrew Carnegie’s commission in 1928. It had taken Napoleon Hill 20 years to interview more than 500 healthy people, millionaires and multi-millionaires about the achievement of personal success. The outcome was the book “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”.

Nine years and many interviews, analyses, case studies and steps of perfection later, Napoleon Hill published a book that turned out to become a multi-million world wide  super seller. Its title: “Think And Grow Rich”

Wasn’t this an impressive speech by Andrew Carnegie? If you’d like to read an impressive book, get your free copy of “Think And Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill on top right

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Media / Napoleon Hill / Video — 13 Comments
12
Apr 10

Napoleon Hill’s Master Key to Success Video Series

In this overview, you find all 13 parts of Napoleon Hill’s Master Key series. In “Think And Grow Rich”, he describes most of the topics in more detail. Get your free copy on the right.

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Overview of the 13 parts of the Master Key to Success series, a.k.a Master Key to Get Rich and Master Key to Riches by Napoleon Hill

1.  Definiteness of Purpose (Review)

2.  The Master Mind Principle (Review)

3.  The Habit of Going the Extra Mile (Review)

4.  Applied Faith (Review)

5.  Pleasing Personality (Review)

6.  Self-Discipline (Review)

7.  A Positive Mental Attitude (Review)

8.  Enthusiasm (Review)

9.  Personal Initiative (Review)

10.  Learning From Adversity (Review)

11.  Creative Vision (Review)

12.  Accurate Thinking (Review)

13.  Cosmic Habit Force (Review)

There is so much more information about these topics in Napoleon Hill’s book “Think And Grow Rich” (which you can get on top right, did I mention that before?)
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"Think And Grow Rich" / 13. Cosmic Habit Force / Media / Napoleon Hill / Video — 14 Comments
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Apr 10

Video: Cosmic Habit Force – The Master Key to Success Part 13

Wow! Cosmic Habit Force sounds great, like super heroes. That was what I first thought. Now I know the video and must say: Napoleon Hill is right. P.S.: Super-Force “Think And Grow Rich” ebook (look right). Free.

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How Cosmic Habit Force gives definiteness of action to everything which moves throughout the entire universe


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This is the 13th and final video of Napoleon Hill’s Master-Key-to-Success-series. Napoleon Hill talks about something which “keeps the stars and planets in their accustomed places and it fixes the life patterns of every living thing from the smallest insects  to the largest animal (…)”. He has named it Cosmic Habit Force. It is a law of nature “which is the basis of all of our habits, both of good habits and the bad.”, says Dr. Hill.

And he comes back to a previous visit as he remembers that everybody can take possession of his own mind.
Cosmic Habit Force has two sides, a positive and a negative potential application. That is why a burning desire for one’s definite major purpose is necessary. Neglecting this desire leads to the fixation of thoughts to undesirable experiences or circumstances and to the attraction of those negative experiences or circumstances.

Napoleon Hill calls Cosmic Habit Force a watchdog and recalls the 2 sealed envelopes from previous visits.
He says: “Perhaps you now see, why I warned you in a previous visit, that the 2 sealed envelopes were not imaginary but real.” Mr. Hill mentions Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Compensation” as “nearest to a description of the law of Cosmic Habit Force” he has seen.

The following variety of illustrations explain Cosmic Habit Form in more detail. And it shows, that Cosmic Habit Force is the center and indispensable basis on which found all of the success principles of the Master Key to Success.
It is not about money, getting rich, becoming a millionaire and so on. It is a way to live one’s life and definite major purpose in life. When this ground is laid, the money will follow almost automatically.

Another law of nature is: when a book sells 30 million copies you shall get yourself a free copy if you find one, i.e. top right.
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"Think And Grow Rich" / 11. Creative Vision / Media / Napoleon Hill / Video — 18 Comments
6
Apr 10

Video: Creative Vision – The Master Key to Riches Part 11

Have you been creative today, yet? Why not apply some synthetic imagination? Get your free copy of Napoleon Hill’s “Think And Grow Rich”, add your own ideas and create a useful service to mankind that makes you money and brings you riches.

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How you can use Creative Imagination, the 11th principle of success, for the building of all of your plans, aims and purposes?

“Very seldom does anyone create an idea or anything else absolutely new. Nearly everything known to civilisation is but a combination of something that is old.”

Napoleon Hill

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In this video, Napoleon Hill talks about Imagination. Imagination occurs in 2 forms: Synthetic Imagination and Creative Imagination.

Mr. Hill gives both examples of synthetic imagination and creative imagination. He describes synthetic imagination to come into action when:

  • Thomas A. Edison invented the incandescent electric lamp
  • Clarence Saunders built the Piggly Wiggly Store System
  • Henry Ford invented his first automobile
  • Eskimo Pie, a chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar was invented
  • F.W. Woolworth set up his 5 and 10 cents retail stores

The results and products of creative imagination, introduced by Napoleon Hill:

  • Thomas A. Edison’s invention of the phonograph
  • Guglielmo Marconi’s invention of wireless communication
  • Marie Curie’s discovery of the radioactive chemical element radium
  • Wilbur and Orville Wright’s perfection of the modern airplane
  • Robert G. LeTourneau’s  building of heavy earthmoving machinery

Mr. Hill points out that still there are plenty of opportunities to make money or even a fortune and get rich. Good ideas have not been used up. Just think and you can grow rich.

To get you started, look top right and get your free copy of Napoleon Hill’s masterpiece “Think And Grow Rich”. It is very inpiring to everybody who is willing to get rich in life.
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"Think And Grow Rich" / 10. Learning from Adversity / Media / Napoleon Hill / Video — 18 Comments
6
Apr 10

Video: Learning from Adversity – The Master Key to Success Part 10

What is in the tenth visit? The strangest of Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Success. What is in the eBook? Napoleon Hill’s “Think And Grow Rich” as a free gift for you. (see on the right)

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How the 10th principle of success helps to convert every adversity, disappointment, defeat and failure into an asset?

“Yes, the principle of learning from adversity makes it possible for you to transmute all your past failures and mistakes into an asset which will help you achieve outstanding success in the future.”


Napoleon Hill


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Everybody experiences adversity and failure, disappointment and defeat in life sometimes. But there is a seed of an equivalent benefit even in the biggest adversities.

In his video, Napoleon Hill gives several illustrations of men, who experienced adversities of different kinds and converted them into an equivalent benefit.

  • Milo C. Jones, who lost control over his entire body except the brain. He found a new meaning in life, produced pig sausage and made a lot of money.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, who lost the use of his legs due to polio (maybe Guillain-Barré-Syndrome), but became president of the United States and held that position longer than had every previous president.
  • Napoleon Hill lost his mother when he was 8 years old. Can there ever be a seed of an equivalent benefit in that?

Napoleon Hill near the end of the video says:

“In this visit, I have brought you what may be a surprise or even a shock by introducing this great principle of profiting by adversity. If you are ready for this principle, you will embrace it at once and never again, as long as you live, will you brute over unpleasant experiences without knowing for well, that your efforts could be better employed by searching for that seed of an equivalent benefit, which is available in those experiences.”

And of course: a positive mental attitude is needed to convert unpleasant experiences into assets.

What does Napoleon Hill write in “Think And Grow Rich”, his world famous success-bestseller about…

…Adversities?

Napoleon Hill says:

“(…) clearly indicated that every adversity brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage, (…)”  (in chapter DESIRE)

“(…) when  the  depression  forced  upon him a temporary adversity which proved to be a blessing in disguise.” (in SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE)

“Adversity will develop it.” (in THE SIXTH SENSE)

…Misfortune?

Napoleon Hill says:

“That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.” (in INTRODUCTION)

“Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great.” (in DESIRE)

“They are the creators of their own “misfortunes,” because of this negative BELIEF, which is picked up by the subconscious mind, and translated into its physical equivalent. (in FAITH)

“The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune.” (in PERSISTENCE)

“O.  Henry  discovered  the  genius  which  slept  within  his  brain,  after  he  had  met with great misfortune, and was confined in a prison cell, in Columbus, Ohio.” (in DESIRE)

…Defeat?

Napoleon Hill says:

“Her entire life has served as evidence that no one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.” (in DESIRE)

“(…) temporary defeat is not permanent failure.” (in ORGANIZED PLANNING)

“Thomas A. Edison “failed” ten thousand times before he perfected the incandescent electric light bulb. That is-he met with temporary defeat ten thousand times, before his efforts were crowned with success.” (in ORGANIZED PLANNING)

“Temporary defeat should mean only one thing, the certain knowledge that there
is something wrong with your plan.” (in ORGANIZED PLANNING)

“(…) but he, too turned defeat into victory through new plans.” (in ORGANIZED PLANNING)

Now, what is the seed of an equivalent benefit in your misfortune not yet having read Napoleon Hill’s “Think And Grow Rich”? Surely, it is the magic of reading a phenomenal book for the first time. Head top right and get it free today
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"Think And Grow Rich" / Andrew Carngie / Audio / Media / Mindmaps / The Millionaires of "Think And Grow Rich" — 70 Comments
2
Apr 10

Mindmap: Andrew Carnegie – Millionaire and Philanthropist

Napoleon Hill heard what Andrew Carnegie and another 500 millionaires told him about becoming a millionaire. He wrote it all in his book “Think And Grow Rich”. Now you can read it yourself. Get your free copy on the right or see the mindmap.

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What did Andrew Carnegie know about becoming a millionaire?

“It is the mind that makes the body rich.”

Andrew Carnegie


Andrew Carnegie - millionaire and philanthropist

Andrew Carnegie

A one-room weaver’s cottage in Dunfermline, Scotland, 25 November 1835. A newborn baby takes its first breath. His name is Andrew Carnegie.

A 100 room cottage in Lenox, Massachusetts, 11 August 1919. One of the richest men in history takes his last breath. His name is Andrew Carnegie, the very same person.

Born in Scotland, grown rich in America, he donated US$ 350,695,653.- (US$ 4.3 billion in 2005 figures) to charity. He founded 23 educational, scientific and cultural organizations, 2,509 Carnegie-Libraries in several countries, universities, schools and museums.

Hear Andrew Carnegie speak (read the transcript, too?)

Andrew Carnegie, millionaire and philanthropist on rich and poor, charity, and other issues. Recorded at Edison motion picture film studio, Bronx, NY. 20 January 1914. Record format: Edison Kinetophone cylinder

This Mindmap gives you a quick overview of Andrew Carnegie’s Life and Philosophy. Please click once to enlarge, click again to zoom.

Mindmap on Andrew Carnegie

Mindmap on Andrew Carnegie (please click to enlarge)

Andrew Carnegie believed: “It is the mind that makes the body rich. There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. Money can only be the useful drudge of things immeasurably higher than itself.” And he is also quoted: “The man who dies thus rich, dies disgraced”.

Andrew Carnegie not only wanted to be rich himself. He wanted other people to get rich, too. He was convinced, that there was something existing like the “Formula of Success”. A set of rules easy enough, so that the average person would be capable to apply it.

In 1908 Andrew Carnegie met a young journalist for an interview. His name was Napoleon Hill. Napoleon Hill must have impressed steel-tycoon Andrew Carnegie, because Mr. Carnegie commissioned Napoleon Hill with a task that should finally take him 20 years to perform.

The result was a book: “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”. This book was a concentrate of  interviews with more than 500 millionaires and multimillionaires back then.  And it finally contained the Formula of Success, Andrew Carnegie had postulated.

Moreover, it was the first publication of a series of 12 book which can considered as a Secret of Success Philosophy. The most successful book in this series is Napoleon Hills 2nd book “Think And Grow Rich”. It sold more than 30 million copies and still sells today.

Andrew Carnegie initiated and contributed to Napoleon Hill’s Philosophy of Success. What he knew to say about getting rich and becoming a millionaire is contained in all of  Napoleon Hill’s 12 “money-get-on-make-money-get-rich-like-a-millionaire-books”.  By the way: you can have your own free copy of Napoleon Hill’s most successful book “Think And Grow Rich” on top right.


Off-Topic:
I made this Mindmap with “FreeMind”, a free mind mapping software. You can get FreeMind here: “Get FreeMind”

Another free mindmapping software is XMind. It makes designing the mindmap easier for you and gives you more design features. You can upload your XMindmaps free and share  XMind-Maps. XMind’s performance decreases with growing Mindmaps. Example for an XMindmap. You can get XMind here: “Get XMind“.

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  • iMindMap – Official mindmap-software, endorsed by Tony Buzan, inventor of mindmapping.
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  • MindManager – Excellent for use in business. Has a lot of  well-elaborated features. To big for private use.
Andrew Carnegie donated his millions and founded 2,509 Libraries. May I give you a free copy of a book that is inspired by Andrew Carnegie? It’s Napoleon Hill’s 7-decades-longseller “Think And Grow Rich”  (top right)
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